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Masons' Marks.
worked together in "brotherly love , ' ' and united in the accomplishment of one harmonious whole , is ancl will continue to be the admiration of posterity . All , therefore , that relates to the mode in which these wonderful structures were raised , cannot fail to prove interesting—as well in the conception of the design , and in the direction of the work , ; as in the practical operations of the working craftsmen—and , more
particularly , when we bear in mind that , upon the ancient operative system has been modelled that comprehensive and extended scheme of universal charity and pure morality—the great and imperishable system of speculative Freemasonry . In relation , however , to the marks , it is desirable that they should be copied in every instance where they can be discovered , and the writer will feel obliged to any Brother who will communicate any which may
be noticed to him , stating , also , the particulars as to the style of building on which they may be found , in order that the necessary comparisons may be made . It may be proper to observe , that the marks are usually about two inches long , and simply cut or traced in tlie stone with a chisel , without line or rule , so that they are not , in general , geometrically proportioned . They are generallfound largest and most coarselformed in structures
y y of . the earliest date . Many of our churches and cathedrals have . beeri . disfigured by repeated coatings of whitewash ; and , in many instances ^ the worked stones have been removed during the progress of repairs ' and alterations—so , that it is not in every undilapidated ancient edifice that the marks can , in all cases , be readily distinguished—and in monastic ruins , where there has been neither whitewash nor repairs , ' the exterior surfaces of the stones are frequently crumbled , by exposure
to the atmosphere ; so , that the marks are only preserved in the more sheltered ; parts of ; thebuilding .. .. . .. . ,,. ; - . ¦ ,. '' . ! , I , have noticed the following marks in the , nave of Winehester Cathedral , in that part which was built by William of Royheleam : — :
In the ruins of the Chapel Royal at Holyrood Palaee , Edinburgh , which-1 , have recently examined very carefully and minutely , I found upwards of twenty different kinds of marks , many of them frequently repeated , and all well-defined . The following are amongst the principal :
, This chapel is in the style of architecture usually termed early English similar to Westminster Abbey and Salisbury Cathedral . X . In Roslyn Chapel , which retains its pristine beauties undefaced by whitewash , or any modern injudicious improvements , I found a great quantity of marks particularly well-defined . The following are examples
-It is not too much to say , that Roslyn Chapel is one of the most unique and beautiful specimens of architecture in existence . In style it
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Masons' Marks.
worked together in "brotherly love , ' ' and united in the accomplishment of one harmonious whole , is ancl will continue to be the admiration of posterity . All , therefore , that relates to the mode in which these wonderful structures were raised , cannot fail to prove interesting—as well in the conception of the design , and in the direction of the work , ; as in the practical operations of the working craftsmen—and , more
particularly , when we bear in mind that , upon the ancient operative system has been modelled that comprehensive and extended scheme of universal charity and pure morality—the great and imperishable system of speculative Freemasonry . In relation , however , to the marks , it is desirable that they should be copied in every instance where they can be discovered , and the writer will feel obliged to any Brother who will communicate any which may
be noticed to him , stating , also , the particulars as to the style of building on which they may be found , in order that the necessary comparisons may be made . It may be proper to observe , that the marks are usually about two inches long , and simply cut or traced in tlie stone with a chisel , without line or rule , so that they are not , in general , geometrically proportioned . They are generallfound largest and most coarselformed in structures
y y of . the earliest date . Many of our churches and cathedrals have . beeri . disfigured by repeated coatings of whitewash ; and , in many instances ^ the worked stones have been removed during the progress of repairs ' and alterations—so , that it is not in every undilapidated ancient edifice that the marks can , in all cases , be readily distinguished—and in monastic ruins , where there has been neither whitewash nor repairs , ' the exterior surfaces of the stones are frequently crumbled , by exposure
to the atmosphere ; so , that the marks are only preserved in the more sheltered ; parts of ; thebuilding .. .. . .. . ,,. ; - . ¦ ,. '' . ! , I , have noticed the following marks in the , nave of Winehester Cathedral , in that part which was built by William of Royheleam : — :
In the ruins of the Chapel Royal at Holyrood Palaee , Edinburgh , which-1 , have recently examined very carefully and minutely , I found upwards of twenty different kinds of marks , many of them frequently repeated , and all well-defined . The following are amongst the principal :
, This chapel is in the style of architecture usually termed early English similar to Westminster Abbey and Salisbury Cathedral . X . In Roslyn Chapel , which retains its pristine beauties undefaced by whitewash , or any modern injudicious improvements , I found a great quantity of marks particularly well-defined . The following are examples
-It is not too much to say , that Roslyn Chapel is one of the most unique and beautiful specimens of architecture in existence . In style it